Case study
Destination Church
A new church plant in East Bethel, Minnesota. I built their launch page in 2025, then rebuilt the whole site a year later with a sermon library, a resource center and pages their team can update themselves.
Client
Destination Church, East Bethel, MN
Church
New church plant, first Sunday September 28, 2025
Built with
WordPress, Elementor Pro, Sermon Studio, Blog & Resource Manager
Work
Design, development, content migration and custom plugins
Built in three stages
The site grew with the church, from gathering a launch team to welcoming first-time guests to a full ministry hub.
1 · Summer 2025
Before launch
One page to announce the church and gather people: learn more, join the launch team, pray and give.
2 · September 2025
Launch
A welcoming site for the first Sunday, built around one action: plan your visit.
3 · October 2026
One year in
A full rebuild with a sermon library, a resource center, a step-by-step growth path and a refreshed design.
What I built
Highlights from the October 2026 rebuild.
Sermon Studio
Every message, organized by series
Each Sunday is posted to its series with video, a transcript and discussion questions. Visitors can watch the latest message or start a series from the beginning.
- Series pages with every message in order
- Sermon pages with YouTube video and transcript
- Search, sorting and topic filters
Blog & Resource Manager
A resource center the team curates
Articles from their pastors, a bookshelf of recommended books with a note on each, and links worth sharing. Many resources are tied to a sermon series.
- Articles written by the church team
- A bookshelf sorted by topics like marriage, parenting and dating
- Resources connected to sermons and series
A first visit, answered
The Visit page covers where to go, what to wear and how long the service runs, in the church’s own voice.
A clear next step
A seven-step Grow path, from discovering Jesus to joining a growth group.
Giving and check-in
Online giving, kids check-in and prayer requests connect to Church Center, which the church already uses.
Run by their team
Staff add and update pages themselves, like the new Community Board.
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